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NUTRITIOUS Organic Alkalised Cocoa Powder: Alkaline cocoa, often known as "Dutch" cocoa or "European style," is cocoa that has been processed to neutralize the cocoa's naturally strong acidity. Alkaline cocoa is darker and has a smooth taste that is commonly seen in earthy woody flavors. Phosphorylation and activation of Akt kinase (Ser 473) and AMPK by EGCG are implicated in the phosphorylation and inhibition of FOXO1 (Thr 24), which results in nuclear exclusion of this transcription factor and in its dissociation from hET-1 promoter [ 56, 57]. It is well known that when membrane fluidity decreases it is more prone to be oxidized. Instead, when fluidity increases membrane lipids are less exposed to oxidation. The effects of cocoa procyanidins on bilayer fluidity and susceptibility to oxidation have been studied using predominantly Jurkat T cells and liposomes. Cocoa derived dimers showed to protect Jurkat T cells from AMVN (2,2’-azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile)-mediated oxidation and to increase membrane fluidity, measured by a decrease in 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) fluorescence polarization. It was proposed that this effect could be mediated through complex interactions of dimers with membrane proteins, rather than lipids [ 37].

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